Rob Long

""Container Class"" - Rob Long

"Thanks! Of course, it's a miracle to survive in any business, really. The longer I spend in Hollywood, the more it resembles real work. Thanks for the nice tweet, by the way!" - Rob Long

"True enough: smugness, certainty, a blind faith in degrees from prestigious universities -- these are universal traits of the left and the right." - Rob Long

"Whoops -- somehow the links got lifted from my comment. I liked to Nasim Taleb's brilliant book, The Black Swan and to the best book on Hollywood economics I've ever read, called, appropriately enough, Hollywood Economics, by Arthur Devany." - Rob Long

"Many thanks! I like posting photos every now and then, because I think it breaks up the page a bit. Also: I don't always have much to say, frankly, about what's going on in my business -- old media, entertainment, television -- that I haven't said already. I don't think any of my NR stuff is online. The trouble with NR is that there's a pretty firm wall between the print and the on-line editions, which I'm not sure makes financial sense, but then, I'm not in charge of the financial decisions. I just write the stuff and cash the check. But their answer would be, I'm pretty sure, "Hey! Send in a subscription card!" Thanks for reading! Rob" - Rob Long

"Yeah, it's pretty on-the-nose, atmosphere-wise. I keep expecting to see them carry out Bessie Smith or something. The front porch of the place has a bunch of old, ratty sofas with popped springs. Right behind me, though, was the local hip-hop club. Which is a weird and fraught juxtaposition. Did I just use "fraught" and "juxtaposition" in a sentence? Do me a favor: when we see each other next, punch me in the face, okay?" - Rob Long